Opinion
White Nationalist Rhetoric : Real or Imaginary – Tim Wise / Alternet
So now we know: White nationalists have been working more on their wardrobes than on tightening up the rhetoric and logic they use to defend…
Trevor Noah Still Doesn’t Get It – Tomi Obaro / Buzz Feed
American democracy can die and ignorance will slay it – Brando Simeo Starkey / The Undefeated
Think back to the 2008 or 2012 presidential campaigns. Now pretend we discovered President Barack Obama’s voters of color had been endlessly sharing obviously apocryphal…
Reflections : We Are Donald Trump – Khalil Gibran Muhammad / The Nation
Forget “dialogue” with Donald Trump and his supporters: They have empowered hatred and harm – Chauncey Devega / Salon
‘I Will Not Shut Up. America Is Still Worth Fighting For.’ – Heather Cox Richardson / Bill Moyers
Donald Trump has every reason to keep white people thinking about race – Dylan Matthews / Vox
Divisions in My Dorm Room ( New York University) – K.N. Pineda / NYT
Parallels to country’s racist past (during and after Reconstruction) haunt age of Obama – John Blake / CNN
A tall, caramel-complexioned man marched across the steps of the U.S. Capitol to be sworn into office as a jubilant crowd watched history being made….
How much could Trump’s education secretary damage public schools? Just look at Detroit – Casey Quinlan / ThinkProgress
Trump offers housing secretary job to man who wants to gut law banning housing discrimination – Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress
Jeff Sessions, Trump’s Pick for Attorney General, Is a Fierce Opponent of Civil Rights – Ari Berman / The Nation
You say “racist,” I say “white supremacist”: Sorry, Kevin Drum, “white supremacy” is a fact — not a “fad” – Chauncey Devega / Salon
The Populism Perplex : The Conundrum of the White Working Class – Paul Krugman / NYT
The 2016 Election Exposed Deep-Seated Racism. Where Do We Go From Here? Brandon Tensley, Michael C. Richardson and Rejane Frederick / Bill Moyers
This wasn’t an election. It was an exposure. That was a common thread of the 2016 Facing Race conference in Atlanta, Georgia, where more than 2,000 activists,…
My Skin Color Is A ‘F**king Disease’ In Trump’s America – Sahaj Kohli / Huff Post
Why whites must join fight for black justice – Erin Heaney / USA Today
The Enduring Importance of Identity Liberalism – Lovia Gyarkye / New Republic
A Harvard professor argues that fixing America’s urban poverty will require a dramatically different approach – Alana Semuels / The Atlantic
Poor, black neighborhoods have persisted in America for decades. And despite a few public-policy efforts to make things better—which include helping families move to other…